2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 7 - POLLING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES
Section 7-7-250. Designation of voting precincts in Fairfield County.
In Fairfield County there are the following voting precincts: Centerville; Feasterville; Horeb-Glenn; Mitford; Monticello; Ridgeway; Winnsboro, composed of Winnsboro Polling Place No. 1 (area west of Congress Street) and Winnsboro Polling Place No. 2 (area east of Congress Street); Woodward; Greenbrier; Lebanon; Jenkinsville; Winnsboro Mills; South Winnsboro; New Hope; Blairs; Gladden Grove; Hickory Ridge; White Oak; Simpson; Dutchman Creek; and Blackstock.
The precinct lines defining the above precincts are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and as shown on copies of the official map provided to the State Election Commission and the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Fairfield County by the Office of Research and Statistics. The official date of the map is June 15, 1989.
The polling places for the above precincts must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Fairfield County with the approval of a majority of the Fairfield County Legislative Delegation.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-173; 1952 Code Section 23-173; 1950 (46) 2414; 1954 (48) 1553; 1956 (49) 1831; 1958 (50) 1588; 1960 (51) 1575, 1990; 1961 (52) 10, 18; 1966 (54) 2750; 1967 (55) 565; 1977 Act No. 199 Section 1; 1983 Act No. 147, eff July 14, 1983; 1987 Act No. 122 Section 1, eff June 1, 1987; 1990 Act No. 337, Section 1, eff February 28, 1990.
Code Commissioner's Note
At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1).
Pursuant to the directive in 2014 Act No. 196, Section 8, at the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to county election commissions or commissioners or county boards of voter registration were changed to the "Board of Voter Registration and Elections" and board members as appropriate.
Editor's Note
1977 Act No. 199, Section 2, provides:
"The board of registration of Fairfield County shall mail a duplicate certificate reflecting the new precinct to any person whose registration is transferred to another precinct by virtue of the provisions of this act. Such certificate shall not be required to be signed by the named elector in the presence of anyone."
Effect of Amendment
The 1977 amendment added the second paragraph of this section.
The 1983 amendment substituted "Horeb-Glenn" for "Horeb" as a voting precinct in Fairfield County.
The 1987 amendment added Dutchman Creek as a new voting precinct in Fairfield County, and provided that polling places be determined by the election commission with approval of the county legislative delegation.
The 1990 amendment, in the 2nd paragraph, changed the date of the official map from "April 20, 1987" to "June 15, 1989".
